α. 1500s archeduchesse, 1500s archiduchesse.
β. 1600s archduchesse, 1600s archdutches, 1600s archdutchesse, 1700s archdutchesses (plural), 1700s– archduchess.
archduchessn.
/ˌɑːtʃˈdʌtʃᵻs/, U.S. /ˌɑrtʃˈdətʃəs/ Now chiefly historical.
Originally: the wife or widow of an archduke. Later more usually: (the title of) a daughter of one of the Holy Roman Emperors of the Habsburg dynasty, or subsequently of the Emperor of Austria (or Austria–Hungary).The title of Archduchess continues to be used by some members of the Habsburg family: see quot. 2002, and cf. note at archduke n.
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archduchess?1532
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > archduke > wife of
archduchess?1532
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [noun] > royal person(s) > princess or wife of prince > daughter or grand-daughter of sovereign > daughter of Emperor of Austria
archduchess1708
?1532 Ordynaunces Emperour f. xxv With great and rype deleberacion of the late & than lyuynge our moste dere and ryght welbeloued lady & aunte the Archeduchesse of Austryche regent for vs.
1557 T. North tr. A. de Guevara Diall Princes Ep. Ded. sig. A To the mooste hyghe and vertuouse Princesse, Mary, by the grace of God, Quene of Englande, Spaine, Fraunce, both Sicilles, Ierusalem, and Irelande. Defendour of the faith, Archiduchesse of Austria, Duchesse of Burgundie, Mylaine, and Brabante.
1618 P. Holderus tr. J. van Oldenbarneveld Barneuel's Apol. sig. Eiiij The Arch-Dutchesse of Arschot.
1672 Sir C. Lyttelton in E. M. Thompson Corr. Family of Hatton (1878) I. 99 I phancy the Dukes match wth ye Archduchesse is a little dulld.
1708 London Gaz. mmmmccccxxxii/6 The two young Arch-Dutchesses, Daughters to the present Emperor.
1748 D. Hume Let. 15 Apr. (1932) I. 126 We were introduc'd to day to the Archdukes & Archdutchesses (who are fine Children) and to the Empress Dowager.
1796 E. Wynne Diary 13 Mar. (1935) II. v. 73 Papa wanted us to go to the Archduchess..but she could not receive us.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. viii. 81 The Austrian Archduchess..will herself see red artillery fired.
1855 Crayon 11 Apr. 226/3 On the approaching marriage with the archduchess, Maria Louisa, Isabey was called out, to the village where she stopped, until arrangements were made for her grand entry into Paris.
1881 A. Trollope Ayala's Angel I. i. 2 With a house at the top of Queen's Gate,..with a palatial moor in Scotland, with a seat in Sussex, and as many carriages and horses as would suit an archduchess.
1920 Cornhill Mag. July 24 There were only two Imperial children at that time, the Crown Prince Rudolph and the Archduchess Gisela.
1944 Music & Lett. 25 137 Some of them were amateur performances by archduchesses and their friends.
2002 Wales on Sunday (Nexis) 9 June 30 The House of Habsburg—the former rulers of Austria-Hungary—have gained a new family member after the birth of Archduchess Ildiko on Wednesday.
2004 P. Arblaster Antwerp & World i. vii. 142 The Archduchess Isabella, since Albert's death Governess-General of the Netherlands.., was criticized for not protecting her subjects from fire and destruction.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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